Dr. Mary Klotman was named dean of the School of Medicine and vice chancellor for health affairs, the University announced Monday.
Thanks to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, Duke’s vaccine programs have the potential to receive a funding boost in the future.
If you have never heard of a "vaquita," it's probably because there are fewer than 60 left in the world.
A study from the Nicholas School of the Environment suggests that green technologies must be adopted at a much faster rate to meet global guidelines against climate change.
Many factors that can influence whether you live or die after a stroke, including age, severity of the stroke and quality of care afterwards. Now, thanks to a Duke study, we can add marital status to the list.
A rooftop observatory established by the Barros Research Group aims to precipitate a better understanding of the water cycle.
Although the effects of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke during pregnancies are relatively well-known, new Duke research suggests that being exposed to secondhand smoke even before conception could still affect fetal development.
A medical student is working to improve nutrition and combat anemia among Indian women, and a new study indicates she has been successful.
With their striped black-and-white tails, ring-tailed lemurs are one of the most iconic and easily-recognizable lemur species. Yet a recent Duke study reveals that there are only about 2,000 ring-tailed lemurs left across 32 sites in Madagascar—a 95 percent decrease in their population since 2000.
Chimpanzees may have higher standards when it comes to picking mates than was previously understood.
With drug-resistant bacteria on the rise, a recently published study from Duke researchers offers insight into a protein that could be utilized in developing new antibiotics.
Although most people associate salmonella with a bad case of food poisoning, a team of Duke scientists have shown that the bacteria could potentially be used to treat cancer.
A new study found that raising legislative salaries will not encourage more blue-collar workers to enter political office.
A recent Duke investigation suggests that a small portion of the general population could be responsible for a majority of costly social services.
An analysis from the University of Oxford suggests suggests that Duke is amongst the worst universities in the United States for reporting clinical trials.
Under the thick forest canopies of three national parks across the Central African country of Gabon, 34 forest elephants wear satellite collars.
The Durham City Council unanimously approved a permit last month allowing for an addition to the Duke University Hospital.
This month, Helen Li—who is known for her research in brain-inspired computing systems—will join the department of electrical and computer engineering. After earning a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Purdue University in 2004, she worked at Qualcomm Inc., Intel Corp and Seagate Technology before returning to academia in 2009. The Chronicle's Grace Mok talked with Li about her research and her thoughts on the future of artificial intelligence.
In the small physician’s office at Duke’s cancer clinic, Dr. Henry Friedman is seated looking through emails on his iPad.
For a research study published in 2014, Lawrence David, now an assistant professor at in the Duke Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, collected his own saliva and feces every day for a year, in order to study his personal microbiome. The Chronicle sat down with David to discuss his unconventional approach to research and his path to Duke.
